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Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The Taoiseach did not provide proper information this morning in reply to Deputy Micheál Martin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Update on Employment Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (18 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Can I ask whether we are time-constrained today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Update on Employment Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (18 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I notice there are a number of representative groups here to discuss one-parent families. I do not propose to delay proceedings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Update on Employment Activation Measures: Department of Social Protection (18 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: We did discuss this topic quite recently, as Mr. McKeon has stated. He has given us an abridged version of the up-to-date position. What exactly has changed since the last day? A number of questions were raised and recommendations made. What, if any, changes have occurred since we last discussed this, albeit quite recently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I am sorry to interrupt but I do not have a copy of Mr. Egan's script.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I thank the Ms Louise Bayliss, Ms Leah Speight and Mr. Stuart Duffin, the representatives of the groups, for attending and for their excellent presentations. I also thank the Department officials for explaining where they are coming from in terms of the Department's side. There are a few aspects of this that I have difficulty understanding. Reference was made to the availability of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I could talk about people who work more than 19 hours per week and how much money they will lose.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I have a few brief questions. How exactly will these changes benefit lone parents who are not working? How will they ease their access to employment and training measures? It was mentioned that those on a jobseeker's transition payment would be able to engage with an Intreo officer but it could also have been arranged for lone parents to be able to engage with an Intreo officer and they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: I have many more questions but time is against me. That is why I asked at the start if we had enough time but apparently we do not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: My proposal is that we ask the Minister to hold off on the change in July pending further discussion because we have not had sufficient time to discuss this today. Many serious issues arise. I support Deputy Collins' proposal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: We will take it up at the next meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Further Education and Training Programmes Funding (24 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding available from the case officers in the Intreo offices for all courses, for example, fork-lift training, Further Education and Training Awards Council, FETAC, courses and so on; and if any of this training, being funded, is subject to having a job secured, prior to funding being approved. [7843/15]

Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: It is not.

Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: It is a bigger challenge for the patients.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (26 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a report outlining the cost of increasing the current assistance rate to an employer to employ a person in the JobsPlus scheme, to a rate which would provide each employer with a subsidy of 70% of the minimum wage, for 37.5 hours per week, for each employee, for a period of 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (26 Feb 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a report which outlines the cost to the Exchequer of providing a €6,000 housing cost tax credit; his views that the housing cost tax credit should be assigned to any person who in providing a principal private residence for them, or their family, has engaged in a lease or mortgage; that this housing cost tax credit would replace...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: The intention of section 6 of the Bill, which introduces the so-called family dividend, is to create an incentive to move from welfare to work by attempting to widen the gap between an individual's disposable income when working, as opposed to what it was while he or she was on welfare. I welcome that provision in principle but we must dispel the myth that poverty is a lifestyle choice for...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: Yes.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: No, they did not want to avail of the family dividend because they would become used to the extra money and would then not be in receipt of it after one year.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: One-Parent Family Payments (5 Mar 2015)

Willie O'Dea: 1. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to postpone the proposed changes to lone parent payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9402/15]